MyColors Replacing Premium Suites

One place to get all of your premium content

Published on April 25, 2008 By Zoomba In WinCustomize News

As some of you probably have noticed, we've begun moving some of our Premium Suites over to MyColors. And if you've purchased the Pirate or Magic Desktop Premium Suites recently, you'll soon be receiving (if you haven't already) an email explaining that your purchase has been upgraded to the MyColors version of the suite, which have been tested to work in both Windows XP and Windows Vista.

What does this mean for Premium Suites overall? Well, they're being replaced entirely by MyColors Themes. We've begun the process of upgrading older themes such as Omega to MyColors, upgrading the skins and icons to work under Windows Vista.

As older suites are upgraded, if you purchased within a certain time window, you will receive a free upgrade, otherwise there will be a small upgrade fee. In the case of Omega, it's any orders placed since November 30th, 2007 up to the point where the suite was upgraded to MyColors. If you purchased prior to November 30th, you can upgrade for just $4.95. The upgrade price is there because the suite was XP only and has been upgraded for Vista.

Want to keep track of which of our Premium Suites have been upgraded to MyColors? Keep an eye on the Inspired Themes list.

The biggest advantage to users with this switch is now if we upgrade a theme, or fix a bug later on, it can be automatically distributed to all users via the MyColors distribution tool.

Comments (Page 2)

ZubaZ

on Apr 25, 2008

If I have Window Blinds, why in the world would I even wish to mess with this My Colors?

Other than to get the themes to apply (because MyColor buyers are really buying the themes, not the delivery service) none.

The MyColor market is not the ODNT users. It's the non-skinners who just want ot have their desktop tricked out with their favorite school/team/car/etc

Philly0381

on Apr 25, 2008

HauntingMorgana, it shows up free with my ObjectDesktop Ultimate subscription and they give you free themes, and there are themes that you can't get with just WindowBlinds and it's just another way to customize your desktop.

SteveGosselin

on Apr 26, 2008

Wooohooo! ("installed")

tamalita

on Apr 26, 2008

i just got my magic

thank you!

unhappycamper88

on Apr 26, 2008

erm... so no more premium suites for WindowBlinds then? And the price just more than doubled, if I understand this right? Wow & ouch.

ZubaZ

on Apr 26, 2008

so no more premium suites for WindowBlinds then? And the price just more than doubled, if I understand this right? Wow & ouch.

The MAster kinners can still release what have you. And ODNT subscribes get around 1/2 off the new MyColor suites. And if you purchased suites before that are being upgraded . . you get a discount to effectivly pay for new work done on the theme.

Not entirely a bad deal.

Aleatoric

on Apr 26, 2008

The thing I don't like about the MyColors stuff is the dependence on the installed MyColors app (and the implicit theme manager behaviour). I've already had some issues with the MyColors install, I've had to uninstall and reinstall windowblinds to make things work correctly. I'm not opposed to the *idea* of MyColors, I'd just like to be able to apply the theme without having to install what I consider to be an unnecessary app to do it. Let those of us who already have WB, etc., just download a theme file that we can unzip and install as we wish, without the need to screw up our OD installation to do it.

Bebi Bulma

on Apr 26, 2008

Let those of us who already have WB, etc., just download a theme file that we can unzip and install as we wish, without the need to screw up our OD installation to do it.

skybright

on Apr 26, 2008

I just got my Pirate and My Colors did an excellent job. So easy to use.

Chasbo

on Apr 26, 2008

Just like Impulse. More complication. Fancy doo dads. What's the point? I know that Stardock is making more money off it. That's fine. Good for them. This is making things more complicated than need be in my opinion. I don't need yet another application to install or load skins. Why fix it if it ain't broke? I'm happy to purchase a suite or master skin as is without this My Colors stuff. 19.95 for a suite. That's too much. It ain't worth it. I can't afford it. You are gonna price a lot of people out of your product. I guess that's just the way it is in America now anyway. More I think on this more I'm tempted to just go back to Aston. That's what I used before all this Stardock bling bling shot me up. We'll see. No one cares anyway. Maybe I'll fire up my Windows 3 computer! 2 Megs of RAM! Wow!

SteveGosselin

on Apr 26, 2008

Let those of us who already have WB, etc., just download a theme file that we can unzip and install as we wish, without the need to screw up our OD installation to do it.

- Install MyColors
- Open MyColors and install Magic/Pirate
- Close MyColors and Open WindowBlinds
- Choose Magic or Pirate and clic Apply
- Open IconPackager
- Choose Magic or Pirate and clic Apply

That's it!

Fuzzy Logic

on Apr 26, 2008

Just installed and downloaded Magic. It all works flawlessly.

But this is a great idea for those who just want to customize their desktop without having to mess with a series of programs or skins. Choose your theme and apply - that's it!

I do wish, however, some of the commenters here would actually read what has been written before commenting... Some people do appear severely misinformed despite all the facts being present

Bebi Bulma

on Apr 26, 2008

Chasbo....the MyColors themes are $9.95 with the ODNT discount.

MurphyZombie

on Apr 26, 2008

I bought the Pirates suite in October 2007 I think it was. When I bought it there was a special running where you got the Rest in Peace suite too. Will my RIP suite be automatically updated to mycolors so I can download it there or will I need to purchase it again? Reason I ask is I see there's a mycolors version of RIP, but I never got an email about it.

StephanA

on Apr 26, 2008

"Let those of us who already have WB, etc., just download a theme file that we can unzip and install as we wish, without the need to screw up our OD installation to do it." Completely support this idea.

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